Scottish Mountains
I’ve taken a bit of a break from climbing in the last few months as our second baby is due in just over 2 weeks and my wife needed me around more. However, the past weekend presented me with a window of opportunity in weather and chance to achieve my 20th munro. My last opportunity to […]
At the beginning of October, 2016 I reattempted the climb of Aonach Mor in the Nevis Range following a failed summit attempt back in January 2016. Deep snow stopped me from reaching beyond the weather station but I was determined to make it this time around. Like back in January, I managed to get great views and great […]
In July I summited Ben Macdui (2nd highest). In August, Ben Nevis (highest). Just two weeks after on August 30, 2016 I’m heading back up the A9 in the dark hours of night aiming to summit Britain’s 3rd, 4th and 5th highest, Braeriach, Cairn Toul and Sgor an Lochain Uaine respectively. With the ascent of Cairngorm on the same day of climbing […]
On two separate occasions I set aside a day to drive up to Fort William and climb The Ben, however the weather was poor with frequent low cloud and rain. A waste of time! Then towards the end of last week I saw a break in the weather for this week and Tuesday was free and set aside straight […]
Another weekend and another trip to the mountains! It’s Saturday, July 16, 2016 01.00am, not quite the journey by road we faced with Liatach or Conival, Ben More Assynt but what we lost in road miles we most certainly gained on foot with this trip. I met up with my good friend Petr in Cumbernauld at the unearthly hour […]
Exactly 2 weeks after our last trip to Sutherland and summiting my 9-10th munro, Conival and Ben More Assynt, we’re back on the overnight road again. As usual, Petr and I meet at his house and this time we set off at 10.30pm Saturday June 18, 2016 along the M80 with the wild beauty of Torridon in our sights. After […]
An epic trip to bring in my 10th and friend and climbing partner, Petr’s 163rd munro and 17th in the last 30 days. In short, up at 10pm Saturday June 4th, met Petr at his house at 11.15pm and departed Cumbernauld at 11.30pm for the near 5 hour, 239 mile overnight drive to the Northwest Highlands and specifically the beautiful settlement of […]
Up and away at 5.30am sharp on Friday 20 May, I set off for Glen Coe and the iconic Buachaille Etive Mor Stob Dearg. One of Scotland’s most famous and photographed munro’s. This mountain never fails to catch my eye on my frequent drives up to Fort William. Having arrived at 7.15am, the popular and often congested Altnafeadh layby was empty. Before […]
On Sunday, 21 February 2016, my friend Petr Kolegar and myself took off from a rainy Cumbernauld at 4am for the Cairngorms, despite a poor weather forecast, I wanted to experience what winter had to offer in the Scottish mountains. Without the experience and knowledge of Czech born, Petr, I would not have attempted this myself. We both knew […]
My target for 2016 is to climb at least 3 munro’s (Scottish mountain above 3,000ft) and by that I mean entirely on foot and not using mechanical aid such as chair lifts etc. At 5am Wednesday (13th) morning, I scraped the frost off my car and set off for Aonach Mor, located roughly 7 miles N of Fort William. […]
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